B.Sc. (Computer Science) Cloud Computing Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the TY BSc Computer Science syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. The University still sets the earlier Choice Based papers alongside it — her Summer 2026 third-year timetables name that scheme — so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.
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Syllabus for Cloud Computing
The University sets the practical for this subject separately, in Computer Science Practical 6, as Module 2. It carries its own credits, so it is examined as a paper of its own.
Module I
- Cloud Computing Basics: Web Services – Distributed Computing, Parallel Computing, WSDL structure, SOAP- Structure of SOAP Message (In JAX-WS), SOAP Messaging Architecture, SOAP Header, Client-side SOAP Handler, REST- What is REST? HTTP methods, Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS)
- Virtualization: Characteristics of Virtualized Environments, Pros and Cons of Virtualization. Virtualization using KVM, Creating virtual machines, oVirt - management tool for virtualization environment.
- Introduction to Cloud Computing: Definition, Types of Clouds, Deployment of software solutions and web applications, Types of Cloud Platforms, Essential characteristics – On-demand self-service, Broad network access, Location independent resource pooling ,Rapid elasticity , Measured service, Comparing cloud providers with traditional IT service providers
Module II
- Cloud Computing Software Security fundamentals: Cloud Information Security Objectives, Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Cloud Security Services, Relevant Cloud Security Design Principles, Secure Cloud Software Requirements, Secure Development practices, Approaches to Cloud Software Requirement Engineering, Cloud Security Policy Implementation.
- CloudSim: Introduction to Simulator, understanding CloudSim simulator, CloudSim Architecture(User code, CloudSim, GridSim, SimJava) Understanding Working platform for CloudSim,
- OpenStack: Introduction to OpenStack, OpenStack test-drive, Basic OpenStack operations, OpenStack CLI and APIs, Tenant model operations, Quotas, Private cloud building blocks, Controller deployment, Networking deployment, Block Storage deployment, Compute deployment, deploying and utilizing OpenStack in production environments, Building a production environment, Application orchestration using OpenStack Heat
- AWS: Architecting on AWS, Building complex solutions with Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
Text Books
- 1 Enterprise Cloud Computing Technology, Architecture, Applications, Gautam Shroff, Cambridge University Press, 2010
- 2 Mastering Cloud Computing, Rajkumar Buyya, Christian Vecchiola, S Thamarai Selvi, Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Limited, 2013
- 3 OpenStack in Action, V. K. CODY BUMGARDNER, Manning Publications Co, 2016
- 4 Java Web Services Up and Running 2nd edition, Martin Kalin, O’Reilly (2013)
- 5 Pro Power Shell for Amazon Web Services, Brian Beach, Apress, 2014
- 1 OpenStack Essentials, Dan Radez, PACKT Publishing, 2015 2
- 2 OpenStack Operations Guide, Tom Fifield, Diane Fleming, Anne Gentle, Lorin Hochstein, Jonathan Proulx, Everett Toews, and Joe Topjian, O’Reilly Media, Inc., 2014
- 3 https://www.openstack.org
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Computer Science) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2026-27. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.